People between 35 and 43 years old who have a contribution gap of at least three years between October 2, 2008 and July 1, 2018 will be able to subscribe to the rule.
The Ministry of Labour is preparing a regulation that will allow people aged between 35 and 43 who lost their jobs during the crisis to recover up to two years of Social Security contributions.
As reported by the economic daily Expansión on Tuesday, this is a ministerial order with which the Government is trying to develop regulations for a new special agreement for those affected by the crisis, which was already included in a royal decree approved at the end of last year.
According to the document, which was submitted for public consultation by the Ministry of Labour and to which Efe has had access, those who have a gap in contributions of at least three years between 2 October 2008 and 1 July 2018 will be able to sign this special agreement with the General Treasury of Social Security.
Contributions will be counted exclusively for the purposes of benefiting from permanent disability, retirement, and death and survivor benefits.
The text indicates that these contributions will be counted exclusively for the purposes of benefiting from permanent disability, retirement, and death and survivor benefits.
The Government also plans to allow those who have turned 44 up to three months before the law comes into force to sign up for this agreement, so that they are not disadvantaged by delays in processing it.
The department headed by Magdalena Valerio is trying to “reduce the negative impact of the 2008 economic crisis on the pensions that workers who have been forced out of the labour market for long periods of time due to the crisis may have in the future.”
Source: EFE
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